How Uncommon Are Cornstalks With 3 Ears?

[HeyHomie]

Title says it all.

And on the subject of corn, how many stalks are in the average acre of US farm?

And how many kernels to an ear?

[yabob]

Depends on the variety. Isn’t that uncommon with sweet corn. Field corn usually has a single (large) ear.

http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2000-06/961130969.Bt.r.html

Genetically uniform field corn usually only has a single ear per stalk. Most sweet corn varieties will produce 2-4 ears per stalk, and one variety, called “six-shooter”, appropriately enough produces six ears per stalk, and it also grows pretty tall.